Criminals gained access to the companies’ data using the Nebu market research center’s software.
A massive data breach in the Netherlands led to the fact that the attackers had the data of more than 2 million people in the country in their hands. This was reported by the information portal NL Times.
According to the publication, the criminals gained access to the companies’ data using the software of the Nebu market research center. Nebu’s clients include the railway company NS, VodafoneZiggo, a large telecommunications company, and CZ, a large insurance company.
It is assumed that only the names, gender, age and phone numbers of people fell into the hands of fraudsters, but it turned out that they had access to the income data of about 170 thousand people who use the pension fund for to metallurgists and technical. worker
The Dutch Office for the Protection of Personal Data said it could not yet provide a complete picture of what happened.
“This incident is a clear illustration of how one weak link can have major security implications for all companies in the digital chain,” said Dave Masland, spokesman for digital security firm ESET.
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